Keep this in mind the next time you either hear or are about to repeat a rumor. In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC),Socrates was well known for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who said excitedly: "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?" " Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test." "Triple filter?" "That's right," Socrates continued "Before you talk to me about my student, it might be good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say.. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and ..." "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?" "No, on the contrary ..." . "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though,because there's one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?" "No, not really." "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?" This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem. It also explains why he never found out that Plato was bonking his wife.
I love it! It is so true it hurts! Gossip is evil and most of the time you just have to run it through the first filter and you won't say it. Gossip is evil but the gossipers sit at the right hand of the devil as far as I am concerned. Do lots of damage cause their mouths aren't hooked up to their brains. I also pity the fools who believe professional gossipers, they eliminate a lot of good people because they are naive and don't stop to run the info through the three filters themselves - let the gossiper do the thinking for them!
"It also explains why he never found out that Plato was bonking his wife." hehe Right time to apply Socrates 3 filter test
SSSSSSPPPPPPPPFFFFFFTTTTTTTT!!!!!!! Sound of coke splashing on monitor! Socrates sounds like a dufus in the story! |Cain|
Hee! Hee! Bonkings as a symptom of hypoglycemia, good one Knight_errant! Nice of you to protect the kiddies out there!